666 



t^i Soliman, an Arabian mercliant, gives an inter.*' 



efting account of China, &c - t, 155 



tooo*Sotor>if7i founds Palmyra— enters into commerce 1,23 



5jo*S«/on makci fcveral ufetul regulations . i, 4.0 



46*5r/)^CTfs correrts the calendar - i, iig 



SiVind, or enttaiice of ihc Baltii fra. 



1+49 By a treaty with Denmark, Eiij;lilh iliipsareto 



pat's into and out of tlie Baltic freelyand f.;cu 



rely - - - i 



1450 Engliih (liips to pafs on giving fecurity 713 



1522 The toll occallons a war - - ii, 6> 



'J5.> Toll increaled, trade decreafed . 113 



lj8S Requeftof the Knglilh for credit of the toll till 



the return of tlie Ihips refiifed - 1S6 



1591,1602 Toll complained of by tlieEnglifh 198,224 

 1602 Inliftcd on by Denmark - - 228 



r6i; Toll aui;nientcd, and again reduced - s6; 



1613 The Swedes are exempted - - 273 



1^641 The rigorous coUetfion produces a confederacy 



to reduce it - - 416 



1644 Treaties refpccting it . - 427,4x9 



j/)4q-i653 Toll farmed to the Dutch - 437>450 



i6j7 A further increafe combines England and 



France againft Denmark - 475,476 



I720 Swedirti velfels to pay as Briti/h or Dutch iii, 116 

 1731 Dutch agree to pay as Britilh, &c - 169 



'7J'>'759 Velfeh palting the Sound, &c . 291,316 

 1772 New lights ere^~l:ed — duties charged for them 520 



Number of velfels paired - - 531 



'77+>'779. 1780,1781 'Ihe fame thefe years 561,649,705 

 1791,179s The fame ihefe years - iv, 229,462 



133S Southampton burnt by the French - i, 524 



1378 The chief port of trade on the fouth coaft 587, 5U9 

 1552 A propofal to make it a free port - lii, hi 



1606 A monopolizing afl in favour of it . 247 



1776 Sov-iliern J: jhcry Jor wkala, &c begun befoie now 



by the American whalers, now undertaken 



in England witli American harpoonecrs iii, 590 

 1786 Bounties and regulations enacted . iv, 105 



j-88 Regulations altered, iSrc - 169 



Retrofped offilhery J776-178S . 180 



For fubfequent years fee the annual accounts. 



1789 New regulations for the premiums - 187 



1791 Spermaceti whales found near Port Jackfon 227 



1793 The whalers may fail to the northward of the 



equator, and receive the bounty 273,280 



1794 Captain Colnett fent to difcovcr the befl re- . 



frcfhing places for the velfels - 329 



1795 Bounties altered, &c - - 346 

 1798 New regulations - - 444 

 1513 >"c(/(/(_/(a difcovered by the Spaniards - ii, 36 



1711 South-lea company, conipofed of the proprietors 



of certain government debts, incorporated 

 as a joint-uock company, with the exchif- 

 ive privilege of trading to the South fea 

 for ever - ... iii, 19 



To appropriate a looth of their (lock to a fidiery 21 



Directors not to be d. of bank or E. India con)p. 21 



November South-fea (lock 775 - - 22 



1712 Perpetuity allured by parliament - 14 

 J713 A trade in (laves with the Spaniards, and an 



annual tradmg (liip, (lipulated - 32 



The queen lends them ti\o lliips - 33 



1714 She grants 2 more — (lations of their trade 42 



1715 Their (lock made up to ten millions - 44 



Their firll (hip launched - - 45 



1716 Annual (hip fixed to be 650 tuns - - 52 



17 17 They agree to receive 5 inrtead of 6 per cent 53,54 



Stock rifes to iii^ - . 55 



- The tirft annual Ihip faiU - . ^7 



1718 A fecond great (hip launclied - 61 

 ■ By the condmil of the Spaniards they lofe 



;f 200,000, and tlicir trade is ruined by the 

 wa^ . ... 61,63 



104 

 116 



"7 



South-fea cmipriDij. [GENERAL 



17 1 j'Thc compah'y enlarge their capital by buying 1 

 up the public debt . iii, 70 



Their (lock fubfcribed at 114 - 72 



1720 1 heir extravagant'propofals for purchafmg tlie 



national debt - . . 77 



Acceped by parli.imenr— llock 319 - 7 J 



Pro,H:i'efs of the fcheme — dividend 10 percent 



for a half-year — (lock above 500 in May 8o,Si 



In June S90 — 640 — 770 in one day - 82 



Stock fubfcribed for at 1000 - . 5,3 



Artifices for keeping up the (lock - S4 



Highcll prices of eacii fubfcription . 90 



Augiid Half year's dividend declared 30 per cent loj 

 September Tiie bubble bui (ts — fubicribers are ruined 102 

 December State of the Hock 



1721 Some regulations made by parliament 

 Alliento for Negroes r^ltored to tliem — tl:cy 



-fend a Ihip to Porto Bello, &.c 



1722 They get tune for paying ^1,000,000 to 



government, and fell ;^4,ooo,ooo, of (lock 

 to the bank - - 



1723 The capital divided into annuity (lock and trad- 



ing liock — a (hip lent to Vera Cruz 



1724 They re(olve to engage in the whale filhery, 



build 12 (hips, ice — fend a (hip to Cartha- 

 gena - - - . 



1725 Their 12 (liips get 255 whales 



1726 They fend 24 (hips, which get 16J whales 

 17:17 Send 25 (hips, 2 loll, get 225 vvhaies 



They difcharge their debtors on paying i-ioth 



They are licenced to take in (laves at Madaga(- 



car, and employ above 30 ve(rels in that trade 13^ 



Elltftes of tlie directors in 1720 given to the 



company , - 



Their (hip, &c in America feized by Spain 



^500,000 paid to them by government, and fo 



much of their (lock funk 



1728 Spain promifes redrels of injuries 



Their 23 (hips get 18 whales 



1729 Of 23 lliips one IS lofl, the reft get 27J whales 



1730 Their 22 lliips get only 1 1 w hales 



A Ihip brings a rich carj^o fioin Vera Cruz 



130- 

 130 



»>> 



137 



'3<> 

 J4J 

 146 

 "55 

 •55 



The fupercargoes accuied of malverfations, &c 158 



Another Ihip makes a better voyage - i^i 



1731 They receive payment ot^i, 000,000 from pari. 167 



Of 22 (hips I is lolt, the rell get 14 whales 167 



1732 They receive another £:,ooo,ooo — pay it to 



their creditors, and link lo much (lock 177 



Their2i (hips get 245 whales — they fell their. 



(hips— their great lofs in 8 )ears ti(hing 179 



1733 They receive another £"1,000,000 — pay it to 



their proprietors . - . i^j 

 Spain otters .nn equivalent-arguments proand con 194 



The (lock divided, ^ annuity, i trading ftock 197 



Their lalt (hip arrives from Vera Cruz . 199 



1734 Profits of the American trade in 10 years 201 



They propofe to give it up - 303,212 



1736 They receive another,fi, 000, 000 from govern. 210 

 1739 Their difputes with the king of Spain . 219 



1748 Advantages and difadvantages of the trade 



with Spain argued - - 266 



1749 A ftatemajit tending to prove the company's 



Spani 111 trade lels bene{icial than the former 

 trade by Cadiz - - 265 



1750 The trade refigned — compenfation paid by Spain 2;8 



1751 Intereft on the capital reduced to 3 percent, 



and unfubfcribed annuities paid off . 28 j. 

 1753 The number of directors diu»iniihed . 293 



Southwark — See London. 

 Spain — See Fijheiy, Mexico, P:tu, IVoal, &c. 

 iioo*Spain rich in gold,lilver,honey,&c the Pbccn. 



icians trade to it - - i, 21, 127 



140* After feveral revoUitions,the Spaniards, under 



Viriathus attempt to expell tUc Romans io« 



